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Changing the Future

grumbler — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:53:48 +0000

“Always remember the future comes one day at a time”. Dean Acheson

It would be nice to be able to have instantaneous change but that is next to impossible but starting with small things all helps change. Not that you are going to do it, because hey - you are wasting your time reading my blog instead of having a life, but start by being nice to the next person!!

HA!!

Sweet Thoughts

grumbler — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:54:27 +0000

“Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250″ Harper’s Index, October 1989

How’s that for sweet thoughts. Gives me an excuse to eat M&M’s. LOL!

The Brain

grumbler — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:47:18 +0000

“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” Robert Frost Sometimes it even works long enough for me to check my … Continue reading →

Democracy

grumbler — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:40:48 +0000

“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.” Laurence J. Peter

And what did you think Democracy was?

Smart or Dumb

grumbler — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:35:09 +0000

“Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.” Douglas Adams

If I need to explain this… well forget it!

Wickedness

grumbler — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:02:43 +0000

“To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.” Confucius

This is our problem. There is wickedness all around. With things like TV and yes even Internet we are so much more exposed to everything, including wickedness, that we do get influenced. I mean when you think that some people do what they can to get an ASBO as though it were a badge of honour, then no wonder that the world and our society is deteriorating the way it is.

Wickedness has a way of spreading. Think of it as the single bad apple in a bowl of apples. Before you know it, they are all bad, although it was only one bad apple and a bowl full of good apples. The good apples never change the bad one to good!!

Change

grumbler — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:16:56 +0000

“It’s not the strongest nor most intelligent of the species that survive; it is the one most adaptable to change” Charles Darwin

: Change as according to Darwin

Afterlife

grumbler — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:16:40 +0000

“He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.” Douglas Adams

It is funny how sometimes we do things that are a contradiction in themselves. It is a bit like the person who does not believe in God who says when things go wrong, “Oh God, how could you do this to me” or ” Oh God, please help me!”. Need I say more?

Loving

grumbler — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:42:28 +0000

“The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving.” Mother Theresa

This is the issue with why relationships seem to fail. It is the expecting the love rather than giving love. To love, you must love unconditionally. The joy of loving is also in the giving. But I guess most of us have forgotten that. We have become far too self centred a society whose main interest is keeping up with the Jones rather than happiness. We equate happiness to material things and let’s be frank… happiness cannot ever be bought!

Work and life

grumbler — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:57:40 +0000

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius

It is amazing how many people just work because they have to. Considering how many years of your life you spend working, why not do something you enjoy. Perhaps you cannot afford to change your job, but then change your perspective of it. Find out what you like and enjoy doing it. Look towards what you enjoy and not what you don’t. But most of all, if you choose a job you enjoy, it won’t feel like work and you will be getting paid for it.

It is a life philosophy that was true more than 2000 years ago and is still true today!